There certainly is a lot of optimism for 2014 up and down the coast of British Columbia on almost every salmon run. I'm a little hesitant to put numbers out there, because sometimes the fish don't do what you want them to do. I remember well in 2009 when we had the same anticipation, and they were a year late coming, but they did come.
I do have to say that I have never witnessed a population so engaged in the salmon fishery as the population in British Columbia. For every family and every community, salmon is just king, and you feel that when you go and talk to people. Even kids in schools are learning about salmon. They have aquariums in their schools where they learn everything about the life cycle of a salmon. It is very impressive how people in B.C., just the general population, take ownership of this. It's who they are. It's such a cultural icon. I credit a lot of the health of the salmon population to the residents of B.C. and to organizations like the Pacific Salmon Foundation that do incredible work.